West Wheat Ridge still answers to the name Applewood, and the ground there once held orchards; now it holds lawns that green up early against the foothills. Shorty's Landscaping keeps them cut, edged and cleared out, from the first mow of April to the last raking of the year. Spring here is an argument with wind — the kind that dries a yard by lunch and scatters last fall's leaves back across it. Doing the job right means the trim line at the fence looks as deliberate as the middle of the lawn, and nothing gets left in the gutter. Shorty's works yards in Wheat Ridge and Applewood, and out toward Golden, Arvada and Lakewood.